The Police Command in Niger says it has uncovered the lifeless body of a baby suspected to be a day old in a farmland in Tayi village of Minna, Niger. The Police Public Relations Officer in Niger, SP Waisu Abiodun, made this know on Tuesday to the News Agency of Nigeria in Minna. He said that on August 9, the GRA Police Division received information that a lifeless body of “about a day old child...
Niger State Governor, Umaru Bago, has condemned the burning of the church building of the Redeemed Christian Church of God by suspected hoodlums in Kontagora town. Bago, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Print Media, Aisha Wakaso, issued on Sunday in Minna, the state capital described the attack on the church “as mindless and cowardly.” The News Agency of Nigeria reports that suspected hoodlums in the early hours of Saturday looted items and...
The Police Command in Niger has nabbed eleven violent protesters for allegedly attempting to set ablaze Tafa Local Government Secretariat during the nationwide protests. The Command’s spokesperson, SP Wasiu Abiodun, disclosed in Minna on Thursday that the hoodlums partially burnt part of the secretariat and looted valuable items. He explained that at about 9:30 am, some miscreants from the Tafa area of Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna State and Hayin-Diko of Gurara Council Area...
Abdullahi Isah, popularly known as Biodun, has been dismissed from his position as Youth Leader of Bosso (Wakilin Matasan Bosso) in the Bosso local government area of Niger state for expressing support for the upcoming #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria peaceful protest. The protest, scheduled to hold from August 1 to 10, aims to address the cost of living crisis across Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). In an official statement issued on July 28,...
The suspect targeted in the operation was described as a storekeeper for a terrorist group. Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have recovered firearms and dollars during an operation at the residence of a suspected terrorist in the Gbeganu area, a suburb of Minna, Niger State capital. The daytime operation which was reportedly conducted on Wednesday caused fear among the residents of the area. Daily Trust reports that sources familiar with the operation...
The Russian instructors arrived in the country on Wednesday night, public broadcaster Radio Television du Niger (RTN) reported on Thursday, airing footage of a military plane unloading cargo. A Russian military cargo plane has transported a team of instructors and various equipment to assist the Nigerien army with counterterrorism training, Sputnik reports. The Russian instructors arrived in the country on Wednesday night, public broadcaster Radio Television du Niger (RTN) reported on Thursday,...
Former governor of Bayelsa State and serving Senator, Seriake Dickson, has accused top people residing in Lagos and Abuja as masterminds of the oil theft on the Niger Delta soil. Dickson, who is a Senator representing Bayelsa West in the National Assembly made this revelation when he appeared on “Inside Sources” with Laolu Akande, a socio-political programme which was aired on Channels Television on Friday. He went...
